Aids-de-camp

Aids-de-camp
Aid-de-camp Aid"-de-camp`, n.; pl. {Aids-de-camp}. . [F. aide de camp (literally) camp assistant.] (Mil.) An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements. [1913 Webster]

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